Category Archives: News

The New York Times — Tuesday, October 3, 2023

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Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With Attacks on Attorney General and Judge

A judge could impose an array of punishments on Donald J. Trump, including a $250 million penalty and a prohibition on operating a business in New York.

Donald J. Trump appeared in court as lawyers for New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, painted him as a fraudster. His lawyers said she was out to get the former president.

Gaetz Moves to Oust McCarthy, Threatening His Grip on the Speakership

Representative Matt Gaetz’s animus toward Speaker Kevin McCarthy extends far beyond the most recent funding skirmish.

The move forces a vote within days on whether to keep the speaker in his post, a challenge that only two other House speakers have faced in the history of the chamber.

Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers

The physiology or medicine prize for Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman recognized work that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world.

An Ancient City, Now in Ruins, Struggles to Keep Its Soul

Seven months after powerful earthquakes battered the historic city of Antakya in southern Turkey, life feels temporary as residents await reconstruction.

The New York Times — Monday, October 2, 2023

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Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk

Speaker Kevin McCarthy had resisted partnering with Democrats on a shutdown solution for weeks, but finally recognized he was out of options.

The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever.

Menendez Co-Defendant’s Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly

Wael Hana tried his hand at running a range of businesses in New Jersey, before landing a lucrative deal with the Egyptian government.

After emigrating to New Jersey from Egypt, Wael Hana faced a string of business and legal problems. Then his friend started dating a powerful U.S. senator.

Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China

As the war with Russia stretches on, so too does a contest to make more and deadlier flying machines. That means a fight over global electronics supply chains that run through China.

In Texas, Mums Rival Football as the Big Homecoming Attraction

The elaborate adornments have come a long way since the days of simple chrysanthemum corsages.

News: U.S. Congress Averts Shutdown, Saudi Arabia – Israel Normalization Deal

The Globalist Podcast (October 2, 2023) – We discuss the latest US government shutdown news with Julie Norman, the Saudi-Israel normalisation deal and Russia’s ramping up of conscription. Plus: news from the world of urbanism and the culture of wonderful toilets in Japan.

Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich, London, Bangkok And Ankara

October 1, 2023 – Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Juliet Linley, Samuel Schumacher and Adrien Garcia unpack the weekend’s hottest topics. Plus: check-ins with our friends and correspondents in London, Bangkok, and Ankara.

The New York Times — Sunday, October 1, 2023

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Congress Narrowly Averts Shutdown as House Democrats Help Pass Stopgap Bill

Reporters interview members of Congress after a failed effort to break the impasse on spending in the House on Friday.

In a stunning reversal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy pushed through a bill with Democratic votes to temporarily keep the government open. President Biden signed it late Saturday.

Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress

Dan Neliba, a health worker at the Amukura Health Centre in Busia County, Kenya, collected a blood sample from Emmanuel Amyorit, 7, to screen for malaria parasites as part of a monthly monitoring program there.

Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.

Decades Later, Closed Military Bases Remain a Toxic Menace

Cities hoped for new businesses and housing on former military sites. But many are still waiting for poisonous pollution to be cleaned up, a wait that for some may never come.

In Texas, Mums Rival Football as the Big Homecoming Attraction

The elaborate adornments have come a long way since the days of simple chrysanthemum corsages.

The New York Times — Saturday, Sept 30, 2023

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Right Wing Tanks Stopgap Bill in House, Pushing Government Toward a Shutdown

“Every time we vote for a continuing resolution, we make no changes in policy or spending,” said Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, who led the charge against Mr. McCarthy’s funding plan.

More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party’s bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.

Vulnerable New Yorkers Suffer as Some Services Decline Under Mayor Adams

Mayor Eric Adams has helped the city make strides in areas important to him, like crime and rat infestations, even as other city services suffer.

Some critical services in New York City are growing less reliable under Mayor Eric Adams, from long waits for food stamps to fewer sexual health clinics.

Talking Peace in Sudan, the U.A.E. Secretly Fuels the Fight

From a remote air base in Chad, the Emirates is giving arms and medical treatment to fighters on one side in Sudan’s worsening war, officials say.

Navy Will Start Testing SEALs for Illicit Drug Use

For the first time, everyone in Naval Special Warfare, not just trainees, will face random screening for performance-enhancing drugs, believed to be widely abused in the ranks.

News: Slovakia Elections, Washington Shutdown, Taiwan’s New Submarines

The Globalist Podcast (September 29, 2023) – A look ahead to the Slovakian elections with Rikard Jozwiak. Meanwhile, tensions are high in Washington as lawmakers try to avoid a shutdown and Taiwan unveils its first domestically made submarine.

Plus: we examine the Austrian far-right’s links with the Taliban, the Académie française elects a new permanent secretary and the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ adds new words.

The New York Times — Friday, September 29, 2023

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In Menendez Case, Prosecutors Confront Tighter Definition of Corruption

Senator Robert Menendez said prosecutors have misrepresented the daily work of his office.

The Supreme Court has said wrongdoing must be clear cut. Some observers say the accusations in the senator’s case pass the test.

Vulnerable Republicans Try to Head Off Blame for Shutdown

Representative Mike Lawler is one of 18 House Republicans representing a district won by President Biden. They must appeal to constituents ranging from Trump supporters to left-of-center Democrats.

Some mainstream House Republicans representing districts won by President Biden have explored a bipartisan stopgap measure as right-wing lawmakers push Congress toward a shutdown.

America’s Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them

In Georgia, Texas and Washington, D.C., three Black women are working to preserve desecrated African American burial grounds and the stories they hold.

Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign

Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.

News: Spain Tries To Form Government, Russia Says Navy Commander Is Alive

The Globalist Podcast (September 28, 2023) – Spain struggles to form a government and we discuss the changing symbolism of the car in American politics.

Monocle’s Tokyo Bureau Chief, Fiona Wilson, reports as Russia mulls over an import ban on Japanese seafood, and discuss Russia’s claims that Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov is alive. Plus: fashion news and the Charlie Watts auction at Christie’s.